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NewsBig, teaching hospitals missing from Joint Commission top-performers list
Although the Joint Commission's top-performers list honored 405 hospitals for successfully delivering evidence-based care, it also served as a warning to larger hospitals and academic medical Read more...
Joint Commission names top-performing hospitals in quality
In a first-of-its-kind attempt to encourage better quality care, The Joint Commission has recognized 405 hospitals as top performers for achieving excellence on measures of quality care in its annual Read more...
Joint Commission releases new method to prevent wrong-site surgery
The Joint Commission on Friday announced a Robust Process Improvement methodology to assess risk points and contributing factors of wrong-site, wrong-side, and wrong patient surgery as part of a Read more...
Preventing wrong-site surgery requires hospital, physician support
Wrong-site surgery occurs 40 times a week in U.S. hospitals and clinics, according to The Joint Commission, reports Kaiser Health News, in collaboration with The Washington Post, and those figures Read more...
Patient's death brings focus to recurring problems with critical alarms
The death of a patient at Massachusetts General Hospital last month, after a heart monitor was turned off, has sparked an internal investigation by the hospital, and brings to light a growing Read more...
CMS approves Joint Commission's hospital deeming authority
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this week determined that the Joint Commission may continue to to hold deeming authority for hospitals through at least 2014. The Joint Commission has Read more...
Mark Chassin - 9 People to Watch in Healthcare
Name: Mark Chassin Location: Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois Profession: President of The Joint Commission Fast facts: Prior to becoming president of The Joint Commission, Chassin served as the Edmond A. Read more...
Joint Commission posting patient satisfaction data, mortality rates
The Joint Commission has begun posting a wide range of quality data on the Web, including patient-satisfaction survey results and 30-day mortality rates for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia. Read more...
Joint Commission alert: Technology is not the solution to everything
With so many obvious problems in healthcare today, it's tempting to think that there is some panacea for the healthcare industry--perhaps health IT? But the Joint Commission has issued an alert Read more...
Joint Commission says hospital quality improving
A new study from The Joint Commission has concluded that U.S. hospitals have steadily improved the quality of patient care over the past six years. The study, which analyzed National Patient Safety Read more...
| Press ReleasesJoint Commission Annual Report Shows Big Improvements for Hospital CareSOURCE: The Joint Commission Sep 22, 2010 15:51 ET Joint Commission Annual Report Shows Big Improvements for Hospital Care
Quality Performance Linked to Better Patient Outcomes OAKBROOK TERRACE, Read more >> The Joint Commission Launches Targeted Solutions Tool™The Joint Commission Launches Targeted Solutions Tool™ September 13, 2010 Media Contact: Elizabeth Eaken Zhani Media Relations Manager 630.792.5914 ezhani@jointcommission.org See Full Press Read more >> |
